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Cannabis Linked to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes

GUMMIES TOO? – June 21, 2024 - “What we found is that cannabis use is not harmless in the context of COVID-19. People who reported yes to current cannabis use, at any frequency, were more likely to require hos... Read More...

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Ranch Offers Love and Shelter to Children Impacted by Addiction Epidemic

CALM IN THE STORM – Feb. 10, 2024 - Children can often be the overlooked victims of the drug epidemic, with some kids losing one or both parents to drug addiction. “At full capacity, we see possibly 50 childre... Read More...

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U.S.A. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022

LISTEN BETTER – Aug. 11, 2023 - A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that the nation’s overall gun suicide rate rose last year to an all-time high. For the first time, th... Read More...

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COVID Was Hiding Another Epidemic

THE DISEASE OF MORE? – July 18, 2023 - That same day on the medical wards, an overhead speaker pages a “rapid response” announcement to my elderly patient’s room; she cannot wake up. And down the hallway, a mi... Read More...

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Alcohol Consumption Surged During Covid — and Deaths Followed

ALCOHOL IS A DRUG – July 13, 2023 - Mississippi saw a 159 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths, the nation’s biggest leap, along with a 10 percent rise in apparent consumption. In Delaware, consumption increase... Read More...

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Your Past Doesn’t Define Your Future

VIDEO – SOBRIETY LENGTHENS LIFE – June 28, 2023 - West Virginia woman HIGH on Hope on WSAZ TV. WATCH@WSAZ ... Read More...

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After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment

AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY – Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember how the COVID pandemic kept changing - right? - as different strains of the virus emerged. Well, the opioid epidemic is kind... Read More...

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Delilah Belle Hamlin Opens Up About Sobriety

ROLL MODEL – Dec. 16, 2022 - The young star is of course referring to a since-deleted IG post in which she admitted to an overdose in November of 2021, after a psychiatrist “over-prescribed” her for pani... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment Got Easier During Covid?

MEDS FOR ALL – Dec. 13, 2022 - The changes, which appear to have broad support across medical organizations and addiction advocacy groups, underscore how sharply the addiction treatment landscape has shifted in... Read More...

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Patients Died From COVID-19 Drug Treatment

WHEN THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE ILLNESS – Oct. 23, 2022 - The lawsuits, filed last month in state court against Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center and Redlands Community Hospital and several of their ph... Read More...

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: ‘Out of Control’

BE SAFE, NOT SYPHILITIC – Sept. 20, 2022 - Sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. are at a crisis point. On Monday, prominent public health experts and government officials raised an alarm over the ongoing a... Read More...

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Risk Of Mental Illness And Brain Disease Increases After Covid

THE FOG OF...WHAT? – Aug 17, 2022 - People who have had Covid-19 are at an increased risk of mental health and neurological conditions—including seizures, dementia, psychotic disorders and brain fo... Read More...

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Vaping Causes Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19 Complications, Including Death

THE FLAVOR OF DEMISE – July 26, 2022 - However, the robust and significant increase in the risk of severe COVID-19 seen in our study, independent of medical history and medication use and particularly among you... Read More...

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Supporting Sobriety at Work: How Salesforce Created Inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

ON THE JOB TRAINING – July 14, 2022 - Within five minutes, a colleague reached out to Nelson and explained that he was six days sober — his second time trying — and looking for support groups. She knew instant... Read More...

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Colorado Sees Drop In Life Expectancy

POPULATION PATROL? – June 25, 2022 - Key drivers for the decline were COVID-19 and overdose deaths. The data vary by demographic group. COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among Hispanics, as well as non... Read More...

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Pandemic’s Increased Drinking Is Having Disastrous Effects

VIDEO – WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY... – June 20, 2022 - “Drinking in your house and not leaving is one thing,” said Marisa Silveri, a neuroscientist at McLean Hospital and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harva... Read More...

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A Dizzying Exchange About Vertigo

MORE KAFKA THAN HITCHCOCK – June 7, 2022 - I drove to the Stony Brook Southampton Emergency Room. After a nurse took my vitals and asked if I had had anything to eat or drink (I had not), Dr. Michael Ameres ask... Read More...

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The Sober Curious Movement

CONSCIOUS CURIOUS – May 31, 2022 - Researchers from La Trobe University’s Centre for Alcohol Policy Research in Australia also shared their findings in a study about alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 lock... Read More...

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Tennessee Opens Up Access to Narcan, FINALLY

OH GEE, THANKS A LOT – May 28, 2022 - The law goes into effect July 1, and cities, counties, recovery organizations, hospitals, schools, homeless service providers, jails, shelters, community groups and many ot... Read More...

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Did the Pandemic Cause Mental Illness in Kids or Just Make it Worse?

VIDEO – THE OTHER PANDEMIC WITHIN A PANDEMIC – June 3, 2022 - There is probably a small group of kids who get long Covid where you might say that there is some direct impact of the Covid virus on the brain, but... Read More...

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Cooking Class Teaches Life Skills To Recovery Community

SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN – May 26th 2022 - Bailey is standing side-by-side with her peers in the recovery community at this cooking class as they learn tips and tools for a safe, sober life. The Alano Cl... Read More...

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108,000 Drug Deaths in 2021 Bear Out Prediction From Five Years Ago

DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS – May 25, 2022 - The special section—based around the Pitt team’s landmark research article in Science that analyzed nearly four decades of U.S. drug overdose data—contains commentary by fo... Read More...

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Kelly Osbourne’s Message of Gratitude on 1 Year Sober

BABY ON BOARD (SOON) – May 27, 2022 - The former “Osbournes” star revealed in April 2021 that she had suffered a relapse in her sobriety after several years of being clean from substance abuse. During a cand... Read More...

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‘Bridgerton’ Star Hospitalized Due to Mental Health Problems

BEAUTY HIDES THE PAIN – May 27, 2022 - “I just want to be honest with everybody, I have been struggling,” she told her 231,000 followers, adding: “So, I’m in the hospital at the minute and I’m gonna get discha... Read More...

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How Covid Killed One Million People

REFLECTING ON THE LOSS – May 13, 2022 - “It really should be a moment for us all to reflect on what sort of society we want to have,” she added. Experts say deaths were all but inevitable from a new virus of such... Read More...

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Why The Pandemic Has Been Hard On Addicts

THE DANGERS OF ISOLATION – May 18, 2022 - Addicts are great at reasoning away problems. This sad state of affairs is no surprise.The pandemic for many people in every walk of life created stress, anxiety and i... Read More...

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High School Students Tell How The Pandemic Changed Them

OUT OF DIFFICULTY COMES GROWTH – May 14, 2022 - When school went online, Ruby, then a freshman, was self-conscious about showing her house on camera. She also had a hard time finding a quiet place to concentra... Read More...

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Mother and Daughter Share Their Journey Through an Eating Disorder

WALKING HAND IN HAND – May 14, 2022 - By this point — at the recommendation of her counsellor — she had given the voice a name and started to speak to it. She called the voice “the bitch.” saying it tried to co... Read More...

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Leah McSweeney Shares Her Sobriety

ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK – May 6, 2022 - Once COVID hit, I knew quarantining and the way I drink would not work well together...to say the least,” Leah said at the time in an interview with Us Weekly. “Not drin... Read More...

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‘We’re done with dead kids’: US Bars Handing out Free Fentanyl Tests

VIDEO – HARM REDUCTION ON TAP – April 20, 2022 - FentCheck staples the strips from Canadian company BTNX to simple instructions for users to test their drugs. The results show up – like a pregnancy or COVID-19 ... Read More...

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